Oct 12, 2018 11:21 AM
I have a table where I want all new entries (rows) to have a default value for a single select column. Is that possible?
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Feb 25, 2020 06:49 PM
You got it!
Mar 03, 2020 03:52 PM
Yes I’m aware this fix exists. It’s the one I used. It is clunky, redundant and unnecessary.
Apr 30, 2020 12:01 PM
I agree this is not clean or DRY. would be better if there was just a way to make a default for single selects
Jun 12, 2020 03:29 AM
This would be really useful.
Sep 18, 2020 07:09 AM
Why has this not been done yet? We need single select for the default column. Cmon airtable!
Sep 18, 2020 08:17 PM
The newest workaround for setting a default value is to use an automation.
Oct 04, 2020 07:10 PM
How have you been successful with this using automations? The trigger seems to give me the option that if “x” cell is blank, but the action seems to lead me nowhere. Do you know of a way for the action to autofill an option that I choose?
Oct 04, 2020 07:52 PM
@Justin_Petersen I would use the trigger for “when a record is created”.
Oct 05, 2020 06:57 PM
@ScottWorld The trigger seems to work just fine (whether I am creating from a new record or triggering when the record matches conditions), it’s the action that I am just not getting. The action I am attempting to use is update record.
Oct 05, 2020 07:02 PM
@Justin_Petersen You haven’t provided enough information. Do you have screenshots or a video?
Dec 07, 2020 07:29 AM
Just discovered Airtable. Really neat tool. Strongly considering to become a paying customer and take our team of 7.
Field defaults feature is the very first thing I had to google for after I started transferring an existing app from google sheets/scripts. It should really be available, Airtable.
Dec 07, 2020 07:46 AM
Oddly, some field types give you the ability to specify a default field value, but not others. For the others, you can now do it with Airtable Automations. Not the ideal workaround, but it definitely works.
Feb 05, 2021 05:44 AM
I became a paying customer anyway :slightly_smiling_face:
Albeit I can live without defaults for select columns, it will be a nice addition once it’s gonna happen.
Mar 04, 2021 01:04 PM
Just adding my voice to this. Workarounds like Kuovonne’s are possible but this basic feature should be available. C’mon Airtable, it couldn’t possibly be this hard.
Apr 20, 2021 08:01 PM
I was able to work around this in three ways. Sorry if i don’t type my explanation out well:
Apr 21, 2021 01:47 PM
+1 on this as a feature
May 04, 2021 06:15 AM
This would be a really nice addition! Have to go around with an automation for now
Jul 07, 2021 04:05 AM
About time please Airtable!
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 PM
+1 on adding this feature.
Aug 03, 2021 05:32 AM
+1 for this simple yet powerful feature